Label: Cold Meat Industry – CMI.68
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: Sweden
Released: Feb 1999
Genre: Electronic
Style: Dark Ambient, Modern Classical, Industrial
Tracklist
1-1 Cantharsis 1:33
1-2 Chalixtins 5:23
1-3 Decalogue 6:08
1-4 Out Of The Depths... 5:25
1-5 Pharynx 5:07
1-6 Intrinsic Reason - Version I 9:43
1-7 In Brooken Shields 3:03
1-8 Brooked Shields 2:07
1-9 Intrinsic Reason - Version II 4:52
1-10 Wisdom Of Withhold 5:36
1-11 Saivo - The Kingdom Of Dead 9:30
1-12 Saifeiod - Extended Version 9:43
1-13 In Emptiness 5:13
2-1 Through An Arcane Passage 1:27
2-2 Mesmerized In Sorrow 4:33
2-3 Ordeal In Chapel 5:41
2-4 Mourning 4:40
2-5 Anathema / Apotheosis 4:12
2-6 Synopsis 5:52
2-7 Aprés Nous Le Déluge - Acte I 4:45
2-8 Raison D'Être 4:14
2-9 The Final Wagon 5:33
2-10 Moribund 5:31
2-11 De Profundis 3:49
2-12 Death Brightens With Sorrow 5:41
2-13 Ignesco Comburo 5:20
2-14 Memento Mori 3:54
2-15 Aprés Nous Le Déluge - Acte II 3:18
2-16 Paragon Sequence 3:25
2-17 Frigus Membra 1:39
Companies, etc.
Glass Mastered at – DADC – A0100273296-0102
Glass Mastered at – DADC – A0100273296-0202
Credits
Liner Notes – JC Smith
Painting [Paintings] – Alexander Nemkovsky
Photography By – Fredrik Rydberg
Notes
Compilations of tracks from 1991 to 1996 newly re-mixed and re-recorded in 1997.
From the back sleeve:
"Collective Archives" documents the development of Raison d'être through the years 1991-1996. This double CD set includes a huge collection of songs previously only available on cassettes and compilations. In addition there is also three previously unreleased compositions and five exclusive re-mixes from the first CD "Prospectus I".
1-1 taken from "Sakral Wounds" VHS (B.o.C.a. Tapes).
1-2 taken from "1654 The Cave I" compilation CD (Hands Productions).
1-3 taken from "From Sickness To Death" compilation Cassette (Slaughter Productions).
1-4 taken from "Mors Ultima Linia Rerum" compilation Cassette (Maldoror Tapes).
1-5 taken from "Death Odors" compilation CD (Slaughter Productions).
1-6 - 1-8 taken from "Conspectus" Cassette (Old Europa Cafe).
1-9 taken from "Cogita Mori" compilation Cassette (Putrefactio).
1-10 taken from "Seküencias De Culto "Sampler I" De Profundis Clamavi"" compilation Cassette (SDC).
1-11 taken from "Spiral Organ Of Corti" compilation 2xCassette (SSSM).
1-12 taken from "Death Odors II" compilation CD (Slaughter Productions).
1-13 taken from "Palace Of Worms" compilation CD (Palace Of Worms).
Track 1-1 and 1-4 also appear on "The Ring Of Isvarah" Tape (Slaughter Productions).
Track 1-3 to 1-5 and 1-9 to 1-11 also appear on "Semblance" Tape (Harmonie).
All tracks re-mixed in 1997.
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2-1 is previously unreleased but was performed live at concerts in 1997.
2-2 - 2-6 taken from "Prospectus I" CD (Cold Meat Industry) and remixed in 1997.
2-7 - 2-8 taken from "Après Nous Le Déluge" Cassette (Sound Source) and enhanced from the original analogue 2-channel master.
2-9 - 2-15 taken from "Après Nous Le Déluge" Cassette (Sound Source) and remixed in 1996.
2-16 - 2-17 taken from a demo version of the "Après Nous Le Déluge" Cassette and enhanced from the original analogue 2-channel master.
The non-remixed versions of 2-2 - 2-4 were also featured on "Sakral Wounds" VHS (B.o.C.a. Tapes) and "The Ring Of Isvarah" Cassette (Slaughter Productions).
Released in slim double clear-tray jewel case with 16-page booklet.
